Colin Campbell (China Study) on what's wrong in our society

After a long career in research and policy making, I now understand why Americans are so confused. As a taxpayer who foots the bill for research and health policy in America, you deserve to know that many of the common notions you have been told about food, health and disease are wrong:

• Synthetic chemicals in the environment and in your food, as problematic as they may be, are not the main cause of cancer.• The genes that you inherit from your parents are not the most important factors in determining whether you fall prey to any of the ten leading causes of death.• The hope that genetic research will eventually lead to drug cures for diseases ignores more powerful solutions that can be employed today.• Obsessively controlling your intake of any one nutrient, such as carbohydrates, fat, cholesterol or omega-3 fats, will not result in long-term health.• Vitamins and nutrient supplements do not give you long-term protection against disease.• Drugs and surgery don't cure the diseases that kill most Americans.• Your doctor probably does not know what you need to do to be the healthiest you can be.

I propose to do nothing less than redefine what we think of as good nutrition. The provocative results of my four decades of biomedical research, including the findings from a twenty-seven-year laboratory program (funded by the most reputable funding agencies) prove that eating right can save your life.

• Synthetic chemicals in the environment and in your food, as problematic as they may be, are not the main cause of cancer.• The genes that you inherit from your parents are not the most important factors in determining whether you fall prey to any of the ten leading causes of death.

• Obsessively controlling your intake of any one nutrient, such as carbohydrates, fat, cholesterol or omega-3 fats, will not result in long-term health.